Defending champion Al Karkh (Superleague) inked 25-year old American swingman Corday Sims (196-95kg-91, college: Peru State). He started the season at Arantia in Luxembourg Total League. In 13 games he averaged impressive 25.1ppg, 8.1rpg, 2.3apg and 1.5spg this season.Among other achievements Sims' team made it to the HAAC Tournament Semifinals for two years in a row (2015 and 2016). He received also All-HAAC Player of the Year award and All-NAIA D1 1st Team award in 2016 at his college time in his senior year he averaged 26.0ppg, 8.3rpg, 2.4apg, 1.2spg, FGP: 43.9%, 3PT: 43.4%, FT: 82.7% in 33 games, he was the best 3rd scorer in NAIA last season. Sims graduated from Peru State in 2016 and it is his second basketball experience in his first season in pro basketball.

Iran rolled over Iraq 109-50 at the West Asian U-18 Championship in Jordan. Iran exploded with a 29-10 surge and led 40-27 at the halftime. Moreover they nailed 32 and 37 points respectively in the third and the last quarters for the final success. Arabzadeh stepped up with 24 points and Dalirzahan notched 23. Rezaeifar and Taghilou netted 12 points each in a win. Abbas ended up with 20 points in the losing effort. [read more]

Iran rolled over Iraq 109-50 at the West Asian U-18 Championship in Jordan. Iran exploded with a 29-10 surge and led 40-27 at the halftime. Moreover they nailed 32 and 37 points respectively in the third and the last quarters for the final success. Arabzadeh stepped up with 24 points and Dalirzahan notched 23. Rezaeifar and Taghilou netted 12 points each in a win. Abbas ended up with 20 points in the losing effort.

Superleague top team - Al Nift (13-2) had no problems winning another game on Thursday. This time they crushed ninth ranked Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (1-14) in Baghdad 107-80. Al Nift have an impressive 12-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 13-2 record. Newly promoted Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya keeps the ninth place with 14 games lost. The game in Basra was also worth to mention about. Third ranked Al Kahraba (11-2) played at the court of 6th ranked Al Mina (6-8). Al... [read more]

Superleague top team - Al Nift (13-2) had no problems winning another game on Thursday. This time they crushed ninth ranked Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (1-14) in Baghdad 107-80. Al Nift have an impressive 12-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 13-2 record. Newly promoted Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya keeps the ninth place with 14 games lost. The game in Basra was also worth to mention about. Third ranked Al Kahraba (11-2) played at the court of 6th ranked Al Mina (6-8). Al Kahraba defeated Al Mina 83-69. Al Kahraba maintains third position with 11-2 record having 2 victories less than leader Al Nift. Al Mina at the other side dropped to the seventh place with eight games lost.

In the last two games of round 18 Al Hilla beat Al Nasiriyah on the road 77-59. Al Shurtah won against Nift Al-Janoub on its own court 88-71.

No shocking result in a game when seventh ranked Al Hilla (7-8) beat on the road bottom-ranked Al Nasiriyah (1-15) 77-59. Al Hilla have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to sixth place. Al Nasiriyah lost tenth consecutive game. Newly promoted team stay at the bottom position with 15 games lost.

Rather expected game when 5th ranked Nift Al-Janoub (8-6) lost to second ranked Al Shurtah (12-2) in Baghdad 71-88. Al Shurtah have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 12-2 record behind leader Al Nift. Nift Al-Janoub at the other side keeps the fifth place with six games lost.

Superleague top team - Al Nift (13-2) had no problems winning another game on Thursday. This time they crushed ninth ranked Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (1-14) in Baghdad 107-80. Al Nift have an impressive 12-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 13-2 record. Newly promoted Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya keeps the ninth place with 14 games lost.

The game in Basra was also worth to mention about. Third ranked Al Kahraba (11-2) played at the court of 6th ranked Al Mina (6-8). Al Kahraba defeated Al Mina 83-69. Al Kahraba maintains third position with 11-2 record having 2 victories less than leader Al Nift. Al Mina at the other side dropped to the seventh place with eight games lost.

Superleague Round 17: Al Nift defeats Al Karkh in the closest game of the week - 25 days ago

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The most exciting game of round 17 in the Superleague took place in Al Karkh. This derby game ended with only three-point home defeat of 4th placed Al Karkh (10-4) to first ranked Al Nift (12-2) 94-91 on Monday evening. It ended at the same time the five-game winning streak of Al Karkh. Al Nift have an impressive series of eleven victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 12-2 record. Al Karkh at the other side keeps the fourth position with four games lost. Al Nift... [read more]

The most exciting game of round 17 in the Superleague took place in Al Karkh. This derby game ended with only three-point home defeat of 4th placed Al Karkh (10-4) to first ranked Al Nift (12-2) 94-91 on Monday evening. It ended at the same time the five-game winning streak of Al Karkh. Al Nift have an impressive series of eleven victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 12-2 record. Al Karkh at the other side keeps the fourth position with four games lost. Al Nift are looking forward to face Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (#9) in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Al Karkh will have a break next round. Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya has finally registered their first victory this season after 13 consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Al Nasiriyah (1-14) 105-73. It was the only win of host team this round and in all other games visitors recorded victories. Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (1-13) left bottom position moving up to ninth place. It was Al Nasiriyah's ninth loss in a row. Al Nasiriyah at the other side, also newcomer in the league, dropped to the bottom position with 14 games lost. Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya will play against league's leader Al Nift in Baghdad in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al Nasiriyah will play at home against Al Hilla (#7) to get more than just one victory in their record. The game in Najef supposed to be also quite interesting. Seventh ranked Al Mina (6-7) played at the court of 8th ranked Al-Tadamoun (3-11). Al Mina smashed Al-Tadamoun 72-47 on Saturday. Al Mina moved-up to sixth place. Al-Tadamoun lost their third game in a row. They keep the eighth position with 11 games lost. Al Mina will meet at home higher ranked Al Kahraba (#3) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al-Tadamoun will have a break next round.

The most exciting game of round 17 in the Superleague took place in Al Karkh. This derby game ended with only three-point home defeat of 4th placed Al Karkh (10-4) to first ranked Al Nift (12-2) 94-91 on Monday evening. It ended at the same time the five-game winning streak of Al Karkh. Al Nift have an impressive series of eleven victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 12-2 record. Al Karkh at the other side keeps the fourth position with four games lost. Al Nift are looking forward to face Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (#9) in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Al Karkh will have a break next round.

The game in Najef supposed to be also quite interesting. Seventh ranked Al Mina (6-7) played at the court of 8th ranked Al-Tadamoun (3-11). Al Mina smashed Al-Tadamoun 72-47 on Saturday. Al Mina moved-up to sixth place. Al-Tadamoun lost their third game in a row. They keep the eighth position with 11 games lost. Al Mina will meet at home higher ranked Al Kahraba (#3) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al-Tadamoun will have a break next round.

Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya has finally registered their first victory this season after 13 consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Al Nasiriyah (1-14) 105-73. It was the only win of host team this round and in all other games visitors recorded victories. Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya (1-13) left bottom position moving up to ninth place. It was Al Nasiriyah's ninth loss in a row. Al Nasiriyah at the other side, also newcomer in the league, dropped to the bottom position with 14 games lost. Al-Khtot Al-Jawiya will play against league's leader Al Nift in Baghdad in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al Nasiriyah will play at home against Al Hilla (#7) to get more than just one victory in their record.

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